Pen and pencil rack



1.W. WILLIAMS.- PEN AND .PENCIL RACK.

APPLICATION min Dic. 19. 19m.

1,319,743. 5 Patentedot. 28,1919.

To vall liclwm t may concern: .l

i, UNITED STATES JACOB W.`c. WILLIAMS, oritalico-, KANSAS.A Y'

PEN' AND PENCIL RACK.

Beit known that LJACOB LIAi'Is', a citizen of the United .States,l residing at Pal co,in "the county of'R-ooks and ,State yof Kansas, haveinvented certain i new and useful Improvements in Pen and PencilRacks, ,of whichthe following is aspeciiication. f

This.. inventionv V relates to desk. attachments, andmore particularly tov racks for supporting pens, pencils andthe like.

The object of the invention is toprovide a device. of this character sol constructed that-the-pens and pencils thereon can be readily graspedby the fingers in the middle without interference by the support.

Another object is to 4provide such la rack which Will occupy Aa small space andY may be suspended. from a Wall orother support and used :to containpads, blotters, stationery,et cetera, as wellv Aas pens and pencils. With the foregoing. and other objects in view, Whichwill appear Yas the description proceeds, the invention resides inthe combination and arrangementofparts and in the details of construction hereinafter' described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what isclaimed without departing. from the spirit of the invention. i

V'In the accompanying drawingsz;

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a rack constructed in accordance with lthis invention shownl in operative position, Y

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. l., Y y

In the rembodiment illustrated, the rack constituting this invention is shown mounted on a support S and comprisesl two side bars 1 and 2 arranged parallel and connected at their lower ends by a plate or cross bar 3, (U,shapedin cross ,section .with the side flanges 4 thereof extended inwardly, as is shown clearly in Fig. 1, the distance between the flanges corresponding to the Width of the side bars.-

The upper ends of theV bars 1 and 2 are connected by a plate 5, the rear upper corners of said bars being beveled as shown at 6, and said plate' extended over' the upper Specification of Letters Patent.vr vApplication mea December 19', 191s.

v angles tosaid bars,V

ends of the bars and over said beveled poirtlons as is shown clearly in Fig. lnfThis plate 5 is preferably *aperturedfas'shown atf? toadapt'the krackto besuspended from nails,hooks Ior -the like. i

Hook-shaped hangers 8 are also carried ,by/the upper-endsof the .ba-rs l and 2 and -are designed vto behooked over the support 'S as Isshownclearly inV Figs. :land-n2.l It Willthus be seen thatthis rack maybe suspended'in various ways yfrom a support. yThemside bars 1V and 2 are provided on their inner faces-with .longitudinally spaced, transversely .arranged grooves 9, eachfof whlch has a centrally disposed socket 10 to receive the ends of supporting shelves soontobe described.

Any desiredl number of shelves 1l f may be used, thirteen being here shown, although obviouslythe number maybe varied. Y Each of these shelves is composed of spring wire bent into. U-shaped form,.fthe legs 12-fof which are ycomposed of parallel members 413 and 14, the outer members 14 having outwardly extending -rightangularlyz disposedlingers 15 which are designed to .enter the socketsv 10 and hold1theshelves infad- Justed position, the legs or ratherV the outer. members 1.4of saidlegs, lying in the grooves 9 so jy that the shelvesv cannot pivot when sohpositionedf The kcross bar '16 of theV Shelves ll are arranged substantially in alinementwith the lingers 15 and when the, shelves are `engaged with the side bars, as shown clearly in Fig. 3,'these barsl'will be 'arranged-in vthe space between'the side bars 11and 2, and the legs 12project at right'V as lis shown c early in Figsl andl 3.

QneV of vthe shelves 11is preferably arrangedin inverted position near the lower end of the connected sidebars so thatthe legs12 thereof will. project ina direction Vopposite to the shelves on the otherface and are designed to act-as spacers for hold- -igngrthe lower end of the rack awayfrbm said supform of connecting rods 17 arranged at right angles to the side members 13 and 14, and connecting said members so that they will rest flat against thesupport S to hold the rack against wabbling, it being of course understood that the two legs are of equal length.

From the above` description it will be obvious that a rack constructed as shown and described herein, will be very simple in construction, and the shelves 11 being removable are also adjustable or. rather interchangeable, so as to vary the space between the shelves, it being obvious that each of the pairsof oppositely disposed grooves 9 may support a shelf or the shelves may be positioned in any desired pair of grooves, so that the spaces between them ymay be varied.

By referring to Fig. 8 it will be obvious that to remove a shelf, all that is necessary is to compress the legs 12 toward each other a suflicient distance to release the fingers 15 from the sockets 10 and disengage the members 14 from the grooves 9 when the shelf may be readily removed and placed at another position.v Vhen positioning a shelf, the fingers 15 are engaged with the sockets 10 and will spring automatically into place, that is, the members 14: will spring into the grooves 9 and hold the shelf firmly in operative position.

Pens and pencils may be placed on these respective shelves and are indicated in Fig. 1 by the dotted lines 18, also in Fig. 3. W'hen it is desired to remove a pencil or`pen, the middle portion thereof may be grapsed without interferenec of the support and readily removed without removing any of the others, even though each shelf may contain a number. v

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention apperta-ins and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, l desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and v that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention, and may be made of any suitable material.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what l. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 'Arack of the class described comprisying a pair of laterally spaced parallel bars with longitudinally spaced transversely eX- tendingy grooves on their inner opposed faces, connectors for the ends of said bars, and a plurality of pairs of spring fingers yieldably held in said grooves.

2. A rack of the class described comprising a pair of parallel laterally spaced bars with a plurality of longitudinally spaced transversely extending grooves on their inner opposed faces, each groove having a socket extending inwardly therefrom, connectors for the ends .of said bars, U-shaped supports having outwardly projecting fingers at their free'ends adapted to be engaged with said sockets and the legs thereof to enter said grooves whereby said supports are held firmly in position. V

3. A rack of the class described comprising a pair of parallel laterally spaced bars,

members rigidly connecting the ends of said bars, the upper ends of said bars being beveled on their rear corners and having suspending means, and a plurality of detachable supports carried by the bars and projecting outwardly therefrom, and lateral projections on the rear face of the lower end of said bars whereby the rack is held in inclined position when suspended. Y'

4. A rack of the class described comprising laterally spaced supporting bars rigidly connected at their ends, means for holding said bars in inclined position when suspended, and article supports detachably engaged with said bars and each comprising a U-shaped member having the legs thereof composed of parallel spaced bars, the outer bars having outwardly extending rightangul'arly disposed fingers at the ends adjacent to the cross bar of said supports.

5. A rack of the class described having a plurality of adjustably mounted shelves, each composed of spring wire bent to U- shape form, the legs of which comprise parallel members spaced laterally apart with outwardly extending fingers at the free ends of their outer members.

In testimony whereof I afiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB W. C. l/VILLIAMS. lVitnesses: Y

C. E. BARBER, C. L. MIREN.

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